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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

China tightens adoption rules

Wednesday, December 20, 2006
New restrictions said to bar single, obese, over-50 parents from adopting

China is imposing new restrictions on foreign adoptions, barring applicants who are unmarried, obese, over 50 or who take antidepressants, according to U.S. adoption agencies.

The restrictions are meant to limit adoptions to “only the most qualified families,” said the Web site of one agency, Harrah’s Adoption International Mission in Spring, Texas. The agency said China has pledged to try to make more children available to those who qualify.

Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16286524/